1938 BMW R 23

1938 BMW R 23 in The Great Escape, Movie, 1963

Class: Bikes, Sidecar — Model origin:

00:03:19 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
Pokeoddsponge ◊ 2006-11-13 02:01	BMW R12 I think. The 2nd one from the front might be a BMW R75?
metalarts ◊ 2008-05-03 19:54	Pokeoddsponge wrote BMW R12 I think. The 2nd one from the front might be a BMW R75? It may be the 1951 r-67 with steib s 500 side car seen in the opening scenes of movie.. I bought the bike and sidecar from Bud Ekins,(Mc Queen's stunt double ).. http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img151/7325/r67day1sb2.th.jpg -- Last edit: 2008-05-03 20:28:17
Ralph ◊ 2010-02-20 01:44	Think it a one-cyl. 1938 BMW R 23. or (the movie its from 1963) BMW R 24, BMW R 25/1/2/3. When its a flat-twin engine, so its a R 6, R 61, R 71. -- Last edit: 2010-02-23 01:07:26
maxman ◊ 2013-08-28 00:37	Wasn't the R71 rejected by the Wehrmacht in favour of the OHV R75 and sold to the Soviets and license made (or reverse engineered) as the M-72? -- Last edit: 2013-08-28 00:37:50